Common wisdom regarding metal bands is the more unintelligible the band name logo, the better the band. This is true for Alhambra, Calif.’s Xasthur, a one-man underground black metal band, wh… ...

And this didn’t stop the band (well, the guy) from making and releasing more albums, splits, demos, and what-have-you. So when the band/guy decided to abruptly call it quits last year, they went out ...

After Coldplay's performance at 2003's MTV Music Awards, host Chris Rock said, "Wow, I hope you didn't slit your wrists to that one." He could have been referring to Xasthur. A one-man band by a ...

Influential US Black Metal great Xasthur is calling it quits. Malefic has officially declared that his new album, Portal of Sorrow will be his last metal album and that the "honorable thing ...

Black metal artist Xasthur just dropped a video for the title track from his new double album, Inevitably Dark, out June 23. Xasthur fans should be extra excited because in addition to this double ...

Xasthur is not black metal in the way Norwegian and Scandinavian bands are with the music speaking of cold winds and Satan in the mist. The lo-fi sound of Xasthur draw quick changes from soaring ...

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Conner ended Xasthur in 2010, but after a period of performing under the name Nocturnal Poisoning, he rebooted the project in 2015. The name is really all that remains of the old Xasthur, though.

Xasthur will be playing with Johanna Warren, Suicide Forest, The Cult of The Yellow Sign, and Empyreal on Friday, May 12, at 51 West in Tempe. Get More Coverage Like This.

After re-activating The Obsessed, doom legend Scott ‘Wino’ Weinrich went back to his solo career for a one-off in Brooklyn earlier this year, and now he’s going on a lengthy solo tour in ...